League

Estádio Meriti
Spectators: 6671 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1671, VIP seats: 0) Meriti's Luiz Guilherme de Mendonça started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. If Emanuel Nunes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Pirangucu EC's Luizão Cabral played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luiz Guilherme de Mendonça in the 11th minute of play. Pedrão Loyola fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luizão Cabral having to interfere. Nelsinho Souza sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 24 minutes of play, Pirangucu EC's Nelsinho Souza made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Raúl Prestes was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 28th minute, Nelsinho Souza ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Raúl Prestes was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Luiz Guilherme de Mendonça sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Luizão Cabral made a fantastic save in the 34th minute, when Pedrão Loyola sent off a good shot on target. When the match clock showed 41 minutes, the score became 0-3 when Nelsinho Souza sped through Meriti's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Raúl Prestes. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Emanuel Nunes stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If Pedrão Loyola had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Raúl Prestes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emanuel Nunes, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Nelsinho Souza fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Raúl Prestes having to interfere. Falcão Toscano kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. Nelsinho Souza sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 79 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Meriti! Luizão Cabral showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luiz Guilherme de Mendonça in the 84th minute of the match. Pedrão Loyola received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Luizão Cabral tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 90 played minutes Pirangucu EC got a freekick which was hit by Juninho Domingues. Pedrão Loyola sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nelsinho Souza fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Raúl Prestes having to interfere. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Pirangucu EC walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.